Aston Martin DB5 - Resurrection or leave it at Skyfall Lodge?

Bond44Bond44 Vauxhall CrossPosts: 1,581MI6 Agent
in SPECTRE - Bond 24 (2015)
After watching the Astons near total destruction in Skyfall should it be Resurrected in a future Bond film or now be consigned to to annuals of time?

If it was to make a comeback how would you bring it back?

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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Bond44 wrote:
    After watching the Astons near total destruction in Skyfall should it be Resurrected in a future Bond film or now be consigned to to annuals of time?

    If it was to make a comeback how would you bring it back?

    Cheers B-)

    Well i would imagine under normal circumstances, as the vehicle
    is/has been driven on the public highway,it would most probably be insured
    so the possibilities of it being replaced are at least feasable.
    Does any know if H.M GOVT, has a policy that covers employees cars
    whilst on duty/active service
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    No idea, but enough raking of the past glories of James Bond please. The use of the Aston Martin DB5 in Casino Royale and Skyfall felt unneccesary and like the writers' were leaning on a crutch from the James Bond era of old when they had brought enough new and fresh ideas so that they really didn't need to!

    In the next film, I'd much rather see James Bond drive a Bentley motor car, as he did in the vast majority of the novels. -{
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,541MI6 Agent
    Time to leave it be now.
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  • Mr MartiniMr Martini That nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,709MI6 Agent
    Honestly, I'm not sure if you could bring back a car that was shot up, blown up then left to burn. Fixing something like that would mean a total re-build. That would be the only way to bring it back. Tow it to MI-6 and give it the most advanced features a vehicle can have. My gut tells me though the total destruction of the car was a send off for the DB5 from the franchise.
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    Mr Martini wrote:
    Honestly, I'm not sure if you could bring back a car that was shot up, blown up then left to burn. Fixing something like that would mean a total re-build. That would be the only way to bring it back. Tow it to MI-6 and give it the most advanced features a vehicle can have. My gut tells me though the total destruction of the car was a send off for the DB5 from the franchise.

    Yes, it was a send-off I suppose. It symbolised the era of cartoonish elements in James Bond films that has happily passed, for now at least. Let it rest in peace there on the Scottish moor. It is a late car. It has ceased to be etc. etc. :)
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  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    No idea, but enough raking of the past glories of James Bond please. The use of the Aston Martin DB5 in Casino Royale and Skyfall felt unneccesary and like the writers' were leaning on a crutch from the James Bond era of old when they had brought enough new and fresh ideas so that they really didn't need to!

    In the next film, I'd much rather see James Bond drive a Bentley motor car, as he did in the vast majority of the novels. -{

    totaly agree, leave the old girl to (RIP) rust in pieces ha ha
    and Bond should use his insurance pay out, indeed to purchase
    a new Bentley ,preferable from Jack Barclay of Berkley square,
    those Bentley dealers up north are always full of dreadfull football
    player types
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    edited April 2013
    always shaken wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    No idea, but enough raking of the past glories of James Bond please. The use of the Aston Martin DB5 in Casino Royale and Skyfall felt unneccesary and like the writers' were leaning on a crutch from the James Bond era of old when they had brought enough new and fresh ideas so that they really didn't need to!

    In the next film, I'd much rather see James Bond drive a Bentley motor car, as he did in the vast majority of the novels. -{

    totaly agree, leave the old girl to (RIP) rust in pieces ha ha
    and Bond should use his insurance pay out, indeed to purchase
    a new Bentley ,preferable from Jack Barclay of Berkley square,
    those Bentley dealers up north are always full of dreadfull football
    player types

    GET BOND IN A BENTLEY NOW! has been my plaintive cry for mere centuries, much as the banshee wails on and on incessantly... :))
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  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,917Chief of Staff
    Asp9mm wrote:
    Time to leave it be now.

    I agree...for now....maybe for the next incarnation though...
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    As much as I love any Aston Martin, it's time to hang up the 5's keys and bring in some new blood.
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  • Asp9mmAsp9mm Over the Hills and Far Away.Posts: 7,541MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    As much as I love any Aston Martin, it's time to hang up the 5's keys and bring in some new blood.

    Yeah BABY!!!!!

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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    As much as I love any Aston Martin, it's time to hang up the 5's keys and bring in some new blood.

    Yes, I'm fine with that as long as it's invisible. :))
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  • minigeffminigeff EnglandPosts: 7,884MI6 Agent
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    minigeff wrote:
    As much as I love any Aston Martin, it's time to hang up the 5's keys and bring in some new blood.

    Yes, I'm fine with that as long as it's invisible. :))

    BTW, TBH, IMHO the CIWS on the DAD V12Vanish wasn't OTT but more OMG :D
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  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    minigeff wrote:
    Silhouette Man wrote:
    minigeff wrote:
    As much as I love any Aston Martin, it's time to hang up the 5's keys and bring in some new blood.

    Yes, I'm fine with that as long as it's invisible. :))

    BTW, TBH, IMHO the CIWS on the DAD V12Vanish wasn't OTT but more OMG :D

    It was pretty OTT too, miniG! :)) It couldn't have been invisible enough! :))
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    R.I.P DB5, Bring on something modern. -{
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  • Kent007Kent007 Posts: 338MI6 Agent
    I think it's time to leave it be and for a new car to come in and become iconic. I'm not bothered what model as long as it's British.
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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
    I don't think they should bring back the old DB5 in Craig's movies. But the Next Bond could use it on his spare time.
  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    For me, the use of the DB5 in Casino Royale worked nicely. But it felt rather out of place in Skyfall. Personally I'd like to see him in a Bentley or much newer Aston...or a 2CV again.
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  • RogueAgent007RogueAgent007 Corn-fed central USPosts: 154MI6 Agent
    Asp9mm wrote:
    minigeff wrote:
    As much as I love any Aston Martin, it's time to hang up the 5's keys and bring in some new blood.

    Yeah BABY!!!!!

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    My God, What a beautiful car! While my Fleming Fan mind cries out for the Bentley Continental GT, my movie loving heart and soul screams for another Aston. Movies are so visual, the car has to be just that gorgeous, and the Bentley's lines just don't do it for me. While we die hards might get the reason for the Bentley, I would say that most JB fans identify more with the Aston.

    As for bringing back the DB5, it should never have been in Skyfall in the first place. Leave it alone. I've said it before and I'm going to say it again: If JB has been rebooted, then quit dredging up the past and get on with the reboot.
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  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    bentley_continental_gt_v8_2013_front.jpg

    http://youtu.be/QI8mEYDqYCc

    Bentley Continental GT Speed review

    I love to see Bond in a Bentley. :D
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  • Le SamouraiLe Samourai Honolulu, HIPosts: 573MI6 Agent
    I think each Bond should have his own signature vehicle. The series hasn't been very good about that since the Moore era and 007's Lotus. Brosnan had a different car in each movie, and we've gone back and forth with Craig. I would like to see some consistency. Give Craig a new Aston of Jaguar or Bentley or something and then stick with it for the rest of his Bondian tenure.
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  • NeverSayDieNeverSayDie Posts: 495MI6 Agent
    It will be back.
    It story terms its a short cut technique to say, 'this is James Bond.'
    I remember Martin Campbell talking about in an interview for Goldeneye. When introducing a new Bond surround him by the old and familiar that the audience (joe public) links automatically to 007. Elements include: the tuxedo, the martini shaken not stirred and the DB5.
    If you saw a man on the street wearing a tux, drinking from a martini class and stood next to a DB5 your first thought is James Bond.
    It was particularly successful in Casino Royale by flipping and putting on a new spin on these elements.

    The tuxedo becomes a gift from Vesper a becomes an emotional gift. The story equivalent of his Bat-suit.

    We see how he wins the DB5 in the game of poker which foreshadows the main game.

    The delievery of martini is flipped from the usual. "Does it look like I give a damn," revealing the character and attitude of this new James Bond.
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  • 007007 ClassifiedPosts: 372MI6 Agent
    NeverSayDie wrote:
    It will be back.
    It story terms its a short cut technique to say, 'this is James Bond.'
    I remember Martin Campbell talking about in an interview for Goldeneye. When introducing a new Bond surround him by the old and familiar that the audience (joe public) links automatically to 007. Elements include: the tuxedo, the martini shaken not stirred and the DB5.
    If you saw a man on the street wearing a tux, drinking from a martini class and stood next to a DB5 your first thought is James Bond.
    It was particularly successful in Casino Royale by flipping and putting on a new spin on these elements.

    The tuxedo becomes a gift from Vesper a becomes an emotional gift. The story equivalent of his Bat-suit.

    We see how he wins the DB5 in the game of poker which foreshadows the main game.

    The delievery of martini is flipped from the usual. "Does it look like I give a damn," revealing the character and attitude of this new James Bond.

    And the PPK?
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  • HowardBHowardB USAPosts: 2,767MI6 Agent
    Trust me, Bond is not getting an insurance settlement for his vintage gov issue tricked out DB5. :s destroyed in an off the books operation. Maybe the new M in a gesture of good will would get Bond reimbursed for his loss.
    I'd like to see him have a new Aston as his "company" car in the next film. The car doesn't even have to be "tricked out" with gadgets. A P-99 in the glove box and a submachine gun and /or folding sniper rifle hidden in the boot would be fine with me.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    As much as I love the DB5, it should be given a rest at this point. The newest silver/grey Aston would suit me nicely :007) ...but the Bentley is mighty tempting.
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  • BenSV650BenSV650 Posts: 236MI6 Agent
    When Flemming first wrote the novels I'm sure the Bentley was the epitome of cool and class. However these days Bentleys are purely footballers cars and I personally think they would look really out of place in the Bond film world.

    I do agree it's time to let the DB5 die but I would like to see another Aston in the next film.
  • Sir James MoloneySir James Moloney LondonPosts: 139MI6 Agent
    Le Samourai wrote:
    I think each Bond should have his own signature vehicle. The series hasn't been very good about that since the Moore era and 007's Lotus.

    I think, in fact, Moore was the only Bond who didn't drive an Aston Martin. Connery had the DB5 in GF and TB, Lazenby had the DBS in OHMSS (which made a brief reappearance in DAF), Dalton had the Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante in TLD, Brosnan had the DB5 in GE and TND (with the briefest of cameos in TWINE) & the Vanquish in DAD, and Craig has had two DB5s and two DBS V12s.

    If they do move away from Aston Martin in the future (bearing in mind that they'll be sure to move back again eventually), they could do worse than go back to Lotus:

    New_Lotus_Esprit_2013.jpg

    Bentleys have a completely different image now than they did in the early-50s. A Bentley would be more suitable for a villain.
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  • schaduwoogschaduwoog Posts: 97MI6 Agent
    Let him drive in a saab 900. It's a nod to the later novels and it's a car that a spy can drive because it's not to remarkable.
  • ArdeeArdee Posts: 18MI6 Agent
    Bentley would be very nice for Craig's Bond. I would also like to see him in one. The new Continental GTs are on-par on looks with the Astons, and it would be a nice change of pace, as well as being respectful of Fleming canon.
  • Thunderbird 2Thunderbird 2 East of Cardiff, Wales.Posts: 2,818MI6 Agent
    edited June 2013
    I am a bit stuck on this. Whichever car is chosen it has to make some sense. I loved the old and new approach to the Astons in CR-06, but the classic car seemed odd in SF, esp as it appeared to be the original DB5, rather than the CR one!

    One of the reasons the Botus works so well for me as Sir Roger's car is the impact of its first use in TSWLM. Maybe part of the issue here is how the car will be used in the film influencing the choice of make and model. I associate BMW's with Mr Brosnan's Bond, but there was no internal tag there, unless you count a BBC Top Gear sketch involving vengence on a speed camera!

    As to the DB5 overall, it is already part of Bonds legacy. Whether you prefer Goldfinger's debut or the mad race of Goldeneye, it has served its time with distinction. The V12 DBS has only just got started. Perhaps there is room for something else too?

    How about a Range Rover as the winter vehicle? They seem to show up often enough in the recent films! :-) Alternatively due to budget cuts his office car from M could be a modern 2 seater MG convertable?
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  • rebentonrebenton Birmingham ALPosts: 276MI6 Agent
    Aston Martin is making a new Vanquish these days, and it looks like pure sex. Give him one of those bad boys.

    But if you go back to the books, in DAF, M has Bond's original Bentley replaced
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